ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Research on the Change of Sulfur Dioxide
Mass Concentration in Jilin Province, China
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Shenyang Institute of Agricultural and Ecological Meteorology, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences,
Shenyang 110166, China
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Northeast Geological S&T Innovation Center of China Geological Survey, Shenyang 110034, China
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Key Laboratory of Agrometeorological Disasters, Liaoning Province, Shenyang 110166, China
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Panjin Meteorological Service, Panjin 124000, China
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State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100091,
China
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State Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Physics and Atmospheric Chemistry, Institute of Atmospheric
Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
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Panjin National Climate Observatory, Panjin 124010, China
Submission date: 2024-10-14
Final revision date: 2024-12-26
Acceptance date: 2025-01-24
Online publication date: 2025-04-14
Corresponding author
Xudong Zou
Shenyang Institute of Agricultural and Ecological Meteorology, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences,
Shenyang 110166, China
Rongping Li
Shenyang Institute of Agricultural and Ecological Meteorology, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences,
Shenyang 110166, China
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ABSTRACT
Using the monitoring data and meteorological data of SO2 and other pollutants from nine cities in
Jilin Province between 2016 and 2021, analyze the annual and monthly variations and spatial distribution
of SO2 concentrations across the province, as well as the related impacts from other environmental
factors. The results showed that: (1) During the six-year period, no annual exceedance of the standard
limit was observed in the entire province. There was a significant decrease in SO2 concentrations across
Jilin Province from 2016 to 2018. There were 5 days with excessive daily values in the whole province,
all of which occurred in Baishan. Although SO2 levels in the province remained low from 2019 to
2021, they were 16.0% and 22.2% higher than the national average in 2020 and 2021, respectively.
According to the statistics of SO2–24h–98, there were severe exceedances in the entire province from
2016 to 2017. The annual trends of relative humidity and wind speed are not conducive to reducing
SO2 concentrations, while the annual changes in precipitation and temperature have a favorable effect.
The monthly average concentration of SO2 across the province exhibits a "decreasing first and then
increasing" trend. It is higher in January and December and reaches its lowest point in August. (2) The
geographical distribution of SO2 concentrations across the province shows high values centered in the
southern and central regions, while low values are centered in the northern and eastern regions. It shows
a zonal distribution from southeast to northwest. The spatial distribution of SO2–24h–98 in the province does not completely align with that of SO2, and at times, the high-value center can be found in Tonghua,
which is located in the southern part of the province. When comparing the similarity between spatial
distributions, the correlation between terrain and SO2 concentration is found to be higher, followed
by GDP. (3) In comparison with other pollutants, SO2 shows a positive correlation with PM2.5, PM10,
CO, NO2, and AQI, and a negative correlation with O3. Among them, the correlation with PM2.5 is the
highest, with a correlation coefficient of 0.79. The impact of relative humidity on SO2 varies significantly
between the heating and non-heating periods. During the heating period, the SO2 concentration first
increases and then decreases with the increase in relative humidity, reaching a maximum average
concentration of 26.1 μg·m−3 when the relative humidity is between 70% and 80% (inclusive). During
the non-heating period, however, the concentration level remains relatively low. An analysis of energy
consumption across the province over the past decade shows a significant decrease in coal consumption
and an increase in electricity and natural gas consumption, while the proportion of oil products has
increased by 2.1%.